Jonathan Groff on how acting allows him to be 'more myself'

"Merrily We Roll Along" star Jonathan Groff sits with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager to discuss how his passion to act was like a therapy that helped him express all of his emotions. “There’s a vulnerability and an honesty, and it’s almost like I use the experience of acting no longer to escape, but to investigate and to be more myself than escaping myself,” he says. Groff also sticks around to guess popular movie titles in a game of Don’t Look Back!
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He's an awesome actor and human being.

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I ❤ Jonathan Groff! We both had melanoma and I need a hug from him!

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Honda & Jenna are gems

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5:20 funny

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Dresser shoutout!

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As an Illinoisan, Hoda thinking Chicago was the capital is amazing and cracked me up.

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Yas kween

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❤🎉❤🎉❤Jonathan

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